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Please Note: The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16 and Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-31.

NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, and all of the documents from the companion reader Reading the American Past – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps, Figures, and TablesSpecial Features1. Ancient America, Before 1492Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: An archaeological dig helps uncover ancient North American traditionsArchaeology and HistoryThe First AmericansAfrican and Asian OriginsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Were the First Americans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPaleo-Indian HuntersArchaic Hunters and Gatherers Great Plains Bison Hunters Great Basin CulturesPacific Coast CulturesEastern Woodland CulturesAgricultural Settlements and ChiefdomsSouthwestern CulturesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Corn: An Ancient American Legacy"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWoodland Burial Mounds and ChiefdomsNative Americans in the 1490sEastern and Great Plains PeoplesSouthwestern and Western PeoplesCultural SimilaritiesThe Mexica: A Mesoamerican CultureConclusion: The World of Ancient AmericansLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 1Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious PracticesQuiz for Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices LaunchPadDocument 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893Quiz for Document 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning"Quiz for Document 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning" LaunchPadDocument 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C.Quiz for Document 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C. LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS2. Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492–1600Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Queen Isabella of Spain supports Christopher Columbus’s risky plan to sail west across the AtlanticEurope in the Age of ExplorationMediterranean Trade and European ExpansionA Century of Portuguese ExplorationA Surprising New World in the Western AtlanticThe Explorations of ColumbusThe Geographic Revolution and the Columbian ExchangeSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Conquest of MexicoMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Cortés Win?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Search for Other MexicosSpanish Outposts in Florida and New MexicoNew Spain in the Sixteenth CenturyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Justifying Conquest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Spreading Christianity in New Spain"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Toll of Spanish Conquest and ColonizationThe New World and Sixteenth-Century EuropeThe Protestant Reformation and the Spanish ResponseEurope and The Spanish ExampleConclusion: The promise of the new world for EuropeansLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 2Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526Quiz for Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526 LaunchPadDocument 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493Quiz for Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 LaunchPadDocument 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632Quiz for Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632 LaunchPadDocument 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine CodexQuiz for Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex LaunchPadDocument 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542Quiz for Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS3. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Pocahontas "rescues" John SmithAn English Colony on Chesapeake BayThe Fragile Jamestown SettlementCooperation and Conflict between Natives and NewcomersFrom Private Company to Royal GovernmentA Tobacco SocietyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "American Tobacco and European Consumers"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad Tobacco AgricultureA Servant Labor SystemThe Rigors of ServitudeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Enslavement by Marriage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadCultivating Land and FaithHierarchy and Inequality in the ChesapeakeSocial and Economic PolarizationGovernment Policies and Political ConflictBacon’s RebellionMAKING AN HISTORICAL ARGUMENT: "Why Did English Colonists Consider Themselves Superior to Indians and Africans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadToward a Slave Labor SystemReligion and Revolt in the Spanish BorderlandThe West Indies: Sugar and SlaveryCarolina: A West Indian FrontierSlave Labor Emerges in the ChesapeakeConclusion: The Growth of English Colonies Based on Export Crops and Slave LaborLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 3Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623Quiz for Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 LaunchPadDocument 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622Quiz for Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622 LaunchPadDocument 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681Quiz for Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681 LaunchPadDocument 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676Quiz for Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676 LaunchPadDocument 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681Quiz for Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS4. THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Roger Williams is banished from Puritan MassachusettsPuritans and the Settlement of New EnglandPuritan Origins: The English ReformationThe Pilgrims and Plymouth ColonyThe Founding of Massachusetts Bay ColonyMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How did Seventeenth-Century Colonists View Nature" LaunchPadThe Evolution of New England SocietyChurch, Covenant, and ConformityGovernment by Puritans for PuritanismThe Splintering of PuritanismReligious Controversies and Economic ChangesANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Founding of the Middle ColoniesFrom New Netherland to New YorkNew Jersey and PennsylvaniaToleration and Diversity in PennsylvaniaThe Colonies and the English EmpireRoyal Regulation of Colonial TradeKing Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal AuthorityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "New France and the Indians: The English Colonies’ Northern Borderlands"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: An English Model of Colonization in North AmericaLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 4Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630Quiz for Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630 LaunchPadDocument 4-2: Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Quiz for Document 4-2:Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675Quiz for Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675 LaunchPadDocument 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682Quiz for Document 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682 LaunchPadDocument 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692Quiz for Document 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS5. COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1701–1770 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Robin Johns experience horrific turns of fortune in the Atlantic slave tradeA Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North AmericaNew England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee TradersNatural Increase and Land DistributionFarms, Fish, and Atlantic TradeEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Sailor’s Life in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and WorkGerman and Scots-Irish Immigrants"God Gives All Things to Industry": Urban and Rural LaborMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Few Colonists Oppose the African Slave Trade?" LaunchPadQuiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Colonies: Land of SlaveryThe Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of SlaverySlave Labor and African American CultureTobacco, Rice, and ProsperityUnifying ExperiencesCommerce and ConsumptionReligion, Enlightenment, and RevivalTrade and Conflict in the North American BorderlandsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Spanish Priests Report on California Missions"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadColonial Politics in the British EmpireConclusion: The Dual Identity of British North American ColonistsLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 5Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807)Quiz for Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807) LaunchPadDocument 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757Quiz for Document 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 LaunchPadDocument 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768Quiz for Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768 LaunchPadDocument 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745Quiz for Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 LaunchPadDocument 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777Quiz for Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS6. The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Loyalist governor Thomas Hutchinson stands his ground in radical MassachusettsThe Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763French-British Rivalry in the Ohio CountryThe Albany CongressMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the Mohawk Chief Hendrick fight with the British against the French in 1755?" Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad The War and Its ConsequencesPontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765Grenville’s Sugar ActThe Stamp ActResistance Strategies and Crowd PoliticsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Pursuing Liberty, Protesting Tyranny"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadLiberty and PropertyThe Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770The Townshend DutiesNonconsumption and the Daughters of LibertyMilitary Occupation and "Massacre" in BostonThe Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774The Calm before the StormTea in Boston HarborThe Coercive ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Reactions to the Boston Port Act outside of Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBeyond Boston: Rural New EnglandThe First Continental CongressDomestic Insurrections, 1774–1775Lexington and ConcordRebelling against SlaveryConclusion: The Long Road to RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 6Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824Quiz for Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824 LaunchPadDocument 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772Quiz for Document 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772 LaunchPadDocument 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834Quiz for Document 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834 LaunchPadDocument 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775Quiz for Document 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775 LaunchPadDocument 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775Quiz for Document 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS7. THE WAR FOR AMERICA, 1775–1783Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Deborah Sampson masquerades as a man to join the Continental armyThe Second Continental CongressAssuming Political and Military AuthorityPursuing Both War and PeaceThomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for IndependenceThe Declaration of IndependenceMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did ‘New Media’ Push Forward the Declaration of Independence?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe First Year of War, 1775–1776The American Military ForcesThe British StrategyQuebec, New York, and New JerseyThe Home FrontPatriotism at the Local LevelThe LoyalistsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Families Divide over the Revolution"Who Is a Traitor?Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPrisoners of WarFinancial Instability and CorruptionThe Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and WestBurgoyne’s Army and the Battle of SaratogaThe War in the West: Indian CountryThe French AllianceThe Southern Strategy and the End of the WarGeorgia and South CarolinaTreason and Guerrilla WarfareA Shaming Ritual Targeting the Great TraitorSurrender at YorktownThe Losers and the WinnersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "European Nations and the Peace of Paris, 1783"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Why the British LostLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 7Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776Quiz for Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776Quiz for Document 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782Quiz for Document 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782 LaunchPadDocument 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army:Memoir, 1798Quiz for Document 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army:Memoir, 1798 LaunchPadDocument 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783Quiz for Document 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS8. BUILDING A REPUBLIC, 1775–1789Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James Madison comes of age in the midst of revolutionThe Articles of ConfederationConfederation and TaxationThe Problem of Western LandsRunning the New GovernmentThe Sovereign StatesThe State ConstitutionsWho Are "the People"?Equality and SlaveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Slave Sues for Her Freedom" Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Confederation’s ProblemsThe War Debt and the Newburgh ConspiracyThe Treaty of Fort StanwixLand Ordinances and the Northwest TerritoryANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Northwest Ordinance and Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Requisition of 1785 and Shays’s Rebellion, 1786–1787The United States ConstitutionFrom Annapolis to PhiladelphiaThe Virginia and New Jersey PlansDemocracy versus RepublicanismRatification of the ConstitutionThe FederalistsThe AntifederalistsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was the New United States a Christian Country?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big Holdouts: Virginia and New YorkConclusion: The "Republican Remedy’LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 8Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833Quiz for Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833 LaunchPad Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782Quiz for Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782 LaunchPadDocument 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786Quiz for Document 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786 LaunchPadDocument 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787Quiz for Document 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787 LaunchPadDocument 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788Quiz for Document 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS9. THE NEW NATION TAKES FORM, 1789–1800Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Brilliant and brash, Alexander Hamilton becomes a polarizing figure in the 1790sThe Search for StabilityWashington Inaugurates the GovernmentThe Bill of RightsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did America’s First Congress Address the Question of Slavery?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Republican Wife and MotherHamilton’s Economic PoliciesAgriculture, Transportation, and BankingThe Public Debt and TaxesThe First Bank of the United States and the Report on ManufacturesThe Whiskey RebellionConflicts on America’s Borders and BeyondCreeks in the SouthwestOhio Indians in the NorthwestFrance and BritainBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "France, Britain, and Woman’s Rights in the 1790s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Haitian RevolutionFederalists and RepublicansThe Election of 1796The XYZ AffairThe Alien and Sedition ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Crisis of 1798: Sedition"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadConclusion: Parties NonethelessLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 9Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791Quiz for Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 Quiz for Document 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 LaunchPadDocument 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790Quiz for Document 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790 LaunchPadDocument 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 Quiz for Document 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796Quiz for Document 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS10. Republicans in Power, 1800–1824Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Shawnee chief Tecumseh attempts to forge a pan-Indian confederacyJefferson’s PresidencyTurbulent Times: Election and RebellionMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Could a Vice President Get Away with Murder?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Jeffersonian Vision of Republican SimplicityDangers Overseas: The Barbary WarsOpportunities and Challenges in the WestThe Louisiana PurchaseThe Lewis and Clark ExpeditionOsage and Comanche IndiansJefferson, the Madisons, and the War of 1812Impressment and EmbargoDolley Madison and Social PoliticsTecumseh and TippecanoeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Nation’s First Formal Declaration of War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWashington City Burns: The British OffensiveWomen’s Status in the Early RepublicWomen and the LawWomen and Church GovernanceFemale EducationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "One Woman’s Quest to Provide Higher Education for Women"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadMonroe and AdamsFrom Property to DemocracyThe Missouri CompromiseThe Monroe DoctrineThe Election of 1824The Adams AdministrationConclusion: Republican Simplicity Becomes ComplexLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 10Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806Quiz for Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806 LaunchPadDocument 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805Quiz for Document 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805 LaunchPadDocument 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808Quiz for Document 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808 LaunchPadDocument 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813Quiz for Document 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813 LaunchPadDocument 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818Quiz for Document 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS11. The Expanding Republic, 1815–1840Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Grimké sisters speak out against slaveryThe Market RevolutionImprovements in TransportationFactories, Workingwomen, and Wage LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBankers and LawyersBooms and BustsThe Spread of DemocracyPopular Politics and Partisan IdentityThe Election of 1828 and the Character IssueJackson’s Democratic AgendaJackson Defines the Democratic PartyIndian Policy and the Trail of TearsThe Tariff of Abominations and NullificationThe Bank War and Economic BoomCultural Shifts, Religion, and ReformThe Family and Separate SpheresThe Education and Training of YouthsThe Second Great AwakeningThe Temperance Movement and the Campaign for Moral ReformMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Scorned Temperance and Moral Reform?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadOrganizing against SlaveryVan Buren’s One-Term PresidencyThe Politics of SlaveryElections and PanicsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Going Ahead or Gone to Smash: An Entrepreneur Struggles in the 1830s"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadConclusion: The Age of Jackson or the Era of Reform?LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 11Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837Quiz for Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837Quiz for Document 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835Quiz for Document 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 LaunchPadDocument 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829Quiz for Document 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829 LaunchPadDocument 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838Quiz for Document 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS12. The New West and the Free North, 1840–1860Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: With the support of his wife, Abraham Lincoln struggles to survive in antebellum AmericaEconomic and Industrial EvolutionAgriculture and Land PolicyManufacturing and MechanizationRailroads: Breaking the Bonds of NatureFree Labor: Promise and RealityThe Free-Labor IdealEconomic InequalityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Global Prosperity in the 1850s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadImmigrants and the Free-Labor LadderThe Westward MovementManifest DestinyOregon and the Overland TrailThe Mormon ExodusThe Mexican BorderlandsExpansion and the Mexican-American WarThe Politics of ExpansionThe Mexican-American War, 1846–1848Victory in MexicoGolden CaliforniaANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Gold Rush"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why was the Gold Rush So Deadly for California’s Indians?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadReforming Self and SocietyThe Pursuit of Perfection: Transcendentalists and UtopiansWoman’s Rights ActivistsAbolitionists and the American IdealConclusion: Free Labor, Free MenLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 12Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859Quiz for Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 LaunchPadDocument 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845Quiz for Document 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845 LaunchPadDocument 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850Quiz for Document 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850 LaunchPadDocument 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848Quiz for Document 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 LaunchPadDocument 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846Quiz for Document 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS13. The Slave South, 1820–1860 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Slave Nat Turner leads a revolt to end slaveryThe Growing Distinctiveness of the SouthCotton Kingdom, Slave EmpireThe South in Black and WhiteANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Defending Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Plantation EconomyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Cotton’s Global Empire"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadMasters and Mistresses in the Big HousePaternalism and Male HonorMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Often Were Slaves Whipped?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Lady and Feminine VirtuesSlaves in the QuarterWorkFamily and ReligionResistance and RebellionThe Plain FolkPlantation-Belt YeomenUpcountry YeomenPoor WhitesThe Culture of the Plain FolkBlack and Free: On the Middle GroundPrecarious FreedomAchievement Despite Restrictions The Politics of SlaveryThe Democratization of the Political ArenaPlanter PowerConclusion: A Slave SocietyLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 13Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873Quiz for Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838Quiz for Document 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838 LaunchPadDocument 13-3: Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839Quiz for Document 13-3:Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 LaunchPadDocument 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831Quiz for Document 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 LaunchPadDocument 13-5: The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845Quiz for Document 13-5:The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS14. THE HOUSE DIVIDED, 1846–1861Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Abolitionist John Brown takes his war against slavery to Harpers Ferry, VirginiaThe Bitter Fruits of WarThe Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of SlaveryThe Election of 1848Debate and CompromiseThe Sectional Balance UndoneThe Fugitive Slave ActUncle Tom’s CabinThe Kansas-Nebraska ActMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Filibusters: Were They the Underside of Manifest Destiny?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRealignment of the Party SystemThe Old Parties: Whigs and DemocratsThe New Parties: Know-Nothings and RepublicansEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "’A Purse of Her Own’: Petitioning for the Right to Own Property"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Election of 1856ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Women’s Politics"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadFreedom under Siege"Bleeding Kansas"The Dred Scott DecisionPrairie Republican: Abraham LincolnThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Union CollapsesThe Aftermath of John Brown’s RaidRepublican Victory in 1860Secession WinterConclusion: Slavery, Free Labor, and the Failure of Political CompromiseLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 14Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854Quiz for Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 LaunchPadDocument 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860Quiz for Document 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860Quiz for Document 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880Quiz for Document 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880 LaunchPadDocument 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859Quiz for Document 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS15. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR, 1861–1865Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Runaway slave William Gould enlists in the U.S. Navy"And the War Came"Attack on Fort SumterThe Upper South Chooses SidesThe CombatantsHow They Expected to WinLincoln and Davis MobilizeBattling It Out, 1861–1862Stalemate in the Eastern TheaterUnion Victories in the Western TheaterThe Atlantic TheaterInternational DiplomacyUnion and FreedomFrom Slaves to ContrabandFrom Contraband to Free PeopleThe War of Black LiberationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Right to Fight: Black Soldiers in the Civil War"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe South at WarRevolution from AboveHardship BelowANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Home and Country"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Disintegration of SlaveryThe North at WarThe Government and the EconomyWomen and Work at Home and at WarPolitics and DissentGrinding Out Victory, 1863–1865Vicksburg and GettysburgGrant Takes CommandMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did So Many Soldiers Die?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Election of 1864The Confederacy CollapsesConclusion: The Second American RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 15Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863Quiz for Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 Quiz for Document 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863Quiz for Document 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 Quiz for Document 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 LaunchPad Document 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War:Correspondence, 1864 Quiz for 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War:Correspondence, 1864 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS16. Reconstruction, 1863–1877Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James T. Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama’s most prominent black leaderWartime Reconstruction"To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds"Land and LaborThe African American Quest for AutonomyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Meaning of Freedom"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPresidential ReconstructionJohnson’s Program of ReconciliationWhite Southern Resistance and Black CodesExpansion of Federal Authority and Black RightsCongressional ReconstructionThe Fourteenth Amendment and Escalating ViolenceRadical Reconstruction and Military RuleImpeaching a PresidentThe Fifteenth Amendment and Women’s DemandsThe Struggle in the SouthFreedmen, Yankees, and YeomenMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did the Ku Klux Klan Really Want?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRepublican RuleWhite Landlords, Black SharecroppersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The Slaveholder Exodus"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadReconstruction CollapsesGrant’s Troubled PresidencyNorthern Resolve WithersWhite Supremacy TriumphsAn Election and a CompromiseConclusion: "A Revolution But Half Accomplished"LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 16Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865Quiz for Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865Quiz for Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870Quiz for Document 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867Quiz for Document 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867 LaunchPadDocument 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871Quiz for Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS17. The Contested West, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frederick Jackson Turner delivers his "frontier thesis"Conquest and Empire in the WestBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Treatment of the Sioux and the Zulu"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadIndian Removal and the Reservation SystemThe Decimation of the Great Bison HerdsIndian Wars and the Collapse of ComancheríaThe Fight for the Black HillsForced Assimilation and Indian ResistanceIndian Schools and the War on Indian CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Custer’s Last Stand"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Dawes Act and Indian Land AllotmentIndian Resistance and SurvivalMining the WestLife on the Comstock LodeThe Diverse Peoples of the WestLand FeverMoving West: Homesteaders and SpeculatorsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Westerners Really Build It All by Themselves?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadTenants, Sharecroppers, and MigrantsCommercial Farming and Industrial CowboyTerritorial GovernmentConclusion: The West in the Gilded AgeLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 17Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870Quiz for Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870 LaunchPadDocument 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873Quiz for Document 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875Quiz for Document 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875 LaunchPadDocument 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879Quiz for Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879 LaunchPadDocument 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892Quiz for Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS18. Railroads, Business, and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Mark Twain and the Gilded AgeRailroads and the Rise of New Industries Railroads: America’s First Big BusinessEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Charles Crocker, the Big Four, and the Race for Riches"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadAndrew Carnegie, Steel, and Vertical IntegrationJohn D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, and the TrustNew Inventions: The Telephone and the TelegraphFrom Competition to ConsolidationJ. P. Morgan and Finance CapitalismMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Social Darwinism: Did Wealthy Industrialists Practice What They Preached?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadSocial Darwinism, Laissez-Faire, and the Supreme CourtPolitics and CulturePolitical Participation and Party LoyaltySectionalism and the New SouthGender, Race, and PoliticsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ida B. Wells and Her Campaign to Stop Lynching"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismPresidential PoliticsCorruption and Party StrifeGarfield’s Assassination and Civil Service ReformReform and Scandal: The Campaign of 1884Economic Issues and Party RealignmentThe Tariff and the Politics of ProtectionRailroads, Trusts, and the Federal GovernmentThe Fight for Free SilverPanic and DepressionConclusion: Business Dominates an EraLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 18 Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894Quiz for Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883Quiz for Document 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 LaunchPadDocument 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894Quiz for Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 Quiz for Document 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 LaunchPadDocument 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885Quiz for Document 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS19. The City and Its Workers, 1870–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Workers build the Brooklyn BridgeThe Rise of the CityThe Urban Explosion: A Global MigrationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS : "What Happened to Urban Workers’ Standard of Living during the Gilded Age?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRacism and the Cry for Immigration RestrictionThe Social Geography of the CityAt Work in Industrial AmericaAmerica’s Diverse WorkersThe Family Economy: Women and ChildrenWhite-Collar Workers: Managers, "Typewriters," and SalesclerksWorkers OrganizeThe Great Railroad Strike of 1877The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Songs of the Knights of LaborHaymarket and the Specter of Labor Radicalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAt Home and at PlayDomesticity and "Domestics"Cheap AmusementsCity Growth and City GovernmentBuilding Cities of Stone and SteelCity Government and the "Bosses"White City or City of Sin?BEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The World’s Columbian Exposition and Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Who Built the Cities?LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 19 Document 19-1: A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885Quiz for Document 19-1:A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885 LaunchPadDocument 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880sQuiz for Document 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880s LaunchPadDocument 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890Quiz for Document 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890 LaunchPad Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898Quiz for Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898 LaunchPad Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905Quiz for Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS20. Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frances Willard participates in the creation of the Populist Party in 1892The Farmers Unite The Farmers’ AllianceThe Populist Movement The Labor WarsThe Homestead LockoutThe Cripple Creek Miners’ Strike of 1894Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman StrikeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Press and the Pullman Strike: Framing Class Conflict"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismFrances Willard and the Woman’s Christian Temperance UnionElizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the Movement for Woman SuffrageDepression PoliticsCoxey’s ArmyThe People’s Party and the Election of 1896The United States and the WorldMarkets and MissionariesThe Monroe Doctrine and the Open Door PolicyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Regime Change in Hawai’I"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad"A Splendid Little War"MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Terrorists Sink the Maine?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Debate over American ImperialismConclusion: Rallying around the FlagLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 20Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891Quiz for Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891 LaunchPadDocument 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898Quiz for Document 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898 LaunchPadDocument 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893Quiz for Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894Quiz for Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899Quiz for Document 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS21. Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890–1916Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Jane Addams founds Hull HouseGrassroots ProgressivismCivilizing the CityEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Making the Workplace Safer: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadProgressives and the Working ClassProgressivism: Theory and PracticeReform Darwinism and Social EngineeringProgressive Government: City and StateProgressivism Finds a President: Theodore RooseveltThe Square DealRoosevelt the ReformerANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Flash and the Birth of Photojournalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Roosevelt and ConservationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed or Saved?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big StickThe Troubled Presidency of William Howard TaftWoodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High TideProgressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912Wilson’s Reforms: Tariff, Banking, and the TrustsWilson, Reluctant ProgressiveThe Limits of Progressive ReformRadical AlternativesProgressivism for White Men OnlyConclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal StateLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 21Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892Quiz for Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892 LaunchPadDocument 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900Quiz for Document 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900 LaunchPadDocument 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907Quiz for Document 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907 LaunchPadDocument 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913Quiz for Document 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913 LaunchPadDocument 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 Quiz for Document 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 LaunchPadDocument 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903Quiz for Document 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS22. World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914–1920Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Doughboy George "Brownie" Browne sees combat on the front lines in France Woodrow Wilson and the WorldTaming the AmericasThe European CrisisThe Ordeal of American NeutralityThe United States Enters the War"Over There"The Call to ArmsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did African Americans Want from WWI and What Did They Get?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe War in FranceThe Crusade for Democracy at HomeThe Progressive Stake in the WarWomen, War, and the Battle for SuffrageANALIZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Final Push for Woman Suffrage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRally around the Flag — or ElseA Compromised PeaceWilson’s Fourteen PointsThe Paris Peace ConferenceThe Fight for the TreatyDemocracy at RiskEconomic Hardship and Labor UpheavalThe Red ScareBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Bolshevism"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Great Migrations of African Americans and MexicansPostwar Politics and the Election of 1920Conclusion: Troubled CrusadeLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 22Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917Quiz for Document 22-1:The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917 LaunchPadDocument 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 191Quiz for Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918Quiz for Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920Quiz for Document 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920 LaunchPadDocument 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919Quiz for Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS23. From New Era to Great Depression, 1920–1932Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Henry Ford puts America on wheelsThe New EraA Business GovernmentPromoting Prosperity and Peace AbroadAutomobiles, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line ProgressConsumer CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Advertising in a Consumer Age The Roaring Twenties"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadProhibitionThe New WomanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1920s?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New NegroEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Quest for Home Ownership in Segregated Detroit"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadEntertainment for the MassesThe Lost GenerationResistance to ChangeRejecting the UndesirablesThe Rebirth of the Ku Klux KlanThe Scopes TrialAl Smith and the Election of 1928The Great CrashHerbert Hoover: The Great EngineerThe Distorted EconomyThe Crash of 1929Hoover and the Limits of IndividualismLife in the DepressionThe Human TollDenial and EscapeWorking-Class MilitancyConclusion: Dazzle and DespairLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 23Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921Quiz for Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921 LaunchPadDocument 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928Quiz for Document 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926Quiz for Document 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926 LaunchPadDocument 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928Quiz for Document 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 Quiz for Document 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS24. The New Deal Experiment, 1932–1939Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: "Migrant Mother" Florence Owens struggles to survive in the Great DepressionFranklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in GovernmentThe Making of a PoliticianThe Election of 1932Launching the New DealMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did the New Deal Contribute to National Defense?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New DealersBanking and Finance ReformRelief and Conservation ProgramsAgricultural InitiativesIndustrial RecoveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadChallenges to the New DealResistance to Business ReformCasualties in the CountrysidePolitics on the FringesToward a Welfare StateRelief for the UnemployedANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Americans Encounter the New Deal"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEmpowering LaborSocial Security and Tax ReformNeglected Americans and the New DealThe New Deal from Victory to DeadlockThe Election of 1936Court PackingReaction and RecessionThe Last of the New Deal ReformsConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New DealLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 24Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934Quiz for Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934 LaunchPadDocument 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939Quiz for Document 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939 LaunchPadDocument 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935Quiz for Document 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935 LaunchPadDocument 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941Quiz for Document 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal:Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937Quiz for Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal:Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 25. The United States and the Second World War, 1939–1945Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colonel Paul Tibbets drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, JapanPeacetime DilemmasRoosevelt and Reluctant IsolationThe Good Neighbor PolicyThe Price of NoninvolvementThe Onset of WarNazi Aggression and War in EuropeFrom Neutrality to the Arsenal of DemocracyJapan Attacks AmericaMobilizing for WarHome-Front SecurityANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Japanese Internment"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Building a Citizen ArmyConversion to a War EconomyFighting BackTurning the Tide in the PacificThe Campaign in EuropeThe Wartime Home FrontWomen and Families, Guns and ButterThe Double V CampaignWartime Politics and the 1944 ElectionReaction to the HolocaustBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadToward Unconditional SurrenderFrom Bombing Raids to BerlinMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the Allies Win World War II?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Defeat of JapanAtomic WarfareConclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a SuperpowerLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 25Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941Quiz for Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999Quiz for Document 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999 LaunchPadDocument 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942Quiz for Document 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942 LaunchPadDocument 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945Quiz for Document 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter MemoirsQuiz for Document 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter Memoirs LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 26. Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945–1953Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Helen Gahagan Douglas, congresswoman and loyal Truman ally, supports the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, and the war in KoreaFrom the Grand Alliance to ContainmentThe Cold War BeginsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Emerging Cold War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall PlanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the United States Launch the European Recovery Program?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBuilding a National Security StateSuperpower Rivalry around the GlobeTruman and the Fair Deal at HomeReconverting to a Peacetime EconomyBlacks and Mexican Americans Push for Their Civil RightsThe Fair Deal FloundersThe Domestic Chill: McCarthyismEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Cold War Becomes Hot: KoreaKorea and the Military Implementation of ContainmentFrom Containment to Rollback to ContainmentKorea, Communism, and the 1952 ElectionAn Armistice and the War’s CostsConclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and ConsequencesLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 26Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945Quiz for Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946Quiz for Document 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946 LaunchPadDocument 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950Quiz for Document 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950 LaunchPadDocument 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950Quiz for Document 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950 LaunchPadDocument 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War:Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003Quiz for Document 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War:Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS27. The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952–1960Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Vice President Richard Nixon debates Russian premier Nikita KhrushchevEisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"Modern RepublicanismTermination and Relocation of Native AmericansThe 1956 Election and the Second TermLiberation Rhetoric and the Practice of ContainmentThe "New Look" in Foreign PolicyApplying Containment to VietnamInterventions in Latin America and the Middle EastEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Operation Pedro: Young Political refugees Take Flight"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Nuclear Arms RaceNew Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of AbundanceTechnology Transforms Agriculture and IndustryBurgeoning Suburbs and Declining CitiesThe Rise of the Sun BeltThe Democratization of Higher EducationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Role Did the Government Play in the Prosperity of the Post-World War II years?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Culture of AbundanceConsumption Rules the DayThe Revival of Domesticity and ReligionTelevision Transforms Culture and PoliticsCountercurrentsThe Emergence of a Civil Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Brown Decision"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAfrican Americans Challenge the Supreme Court and the PresidentMontgomery and Mass ProtestConclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet ChallengesLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 27Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949Quiz for Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949 LaunchPadDocument 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959Quiz for Document 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959 LaunchPadDocument 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960Quiz for Document 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960Quiz for Document 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961Quiz for Document 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS28. Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960–1974Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Fannie Lou Hamer leads grassroots struggles of African Americans for voting rights and political empowermentLiberalism at High TideThe Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New FrontierJohnson Fulfills the Kennedy PromisePolicymaking for a Great SocietyAssessing the Great SocietyThe Judicial RevolutionThe Second ReconstructionThe Flowering of the Black Freedom StruggleThe Response in WashingtonMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Difference Did the Voting Rights Act Make?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBlack Power and Urban RebellionsA Multitude of MovementsNative American ProtestLatino Struggles for JusticeStudent Rebellion, the New Left, and the CountercultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Student Protest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadGay Men and Lesbians OrganizeThe New Wave of FeminismA Multifaceted Movement EmergesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Transnational Feminisms"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadFeminist Gains Spark a CountermovementLiberal Reform in the Nixon AdministrationExtending the Welfare State and Regulating the EconomyResponding to Environmental ConcernsExpanding Social JusticeConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of LiberalismLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 28Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962Quiz for Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962 LaunchPadDocument 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963Quiz for Document 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964Quiz for Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964 LaunchPadDocument 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967Quiz for Document 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967 LaunchPadDocument 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966Quiz for Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS29. Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961–1975Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Lieutenant Frederick Downs, Jr., is wounded in Vietnam and returns home to a country divided over the warNew Frontiers in Foreign PolicyMeeting the "Hour of Maximum Danger"New Approaches to the Third WorldThe Arms Race and the Nuclear BrinkA Growing War in VietnamLyndon Johnson’s War against CommunismAn All-Out Commitment in VietnamPreventing Another Castro in Latin AmericaThe Americanized WarMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Couldn’t American Bombing Achieve Victory in Vietnam?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThose Who ServedA Nation PolarizedThe Widening War at HomeThe Tet Offensive and Johnson’s Move toward PeaceBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "1968: A Year of Protest"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Tumultuous Election of 1968Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in VietnamMoving toward Détente with the Soviet Union and ChinaShoring Up U.S. Interests around the WorldVietnam Becomes Nixon’s WarANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ending the War in Vietnam"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Peace AccordsThe Legacy of DefeatConclusion: An Unwinnable WarLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 29Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963Quiz for Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966Quiz for Document 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966 LaunchPadDocument 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971Quiz for Document 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971 LaunchPadDocument 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces RangerQuiz for Document 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces Ranger LaunchPadDocument 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971Quiz for Document 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS30. America Moves to the Right, 1969–1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Phyllis Schlafly promotes conservatismNixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional CrisisEmergence of a Grassroots MovementEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children’s Education"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadNixon Courts the RightThe Election of 1972WatergateThe Ford Presidency and the 1976 ElectionThe "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy CarterRetreat from LiberalismEnergy and Environmental ReformPromoting Human Rights AbroadThe Cold War IntensifiesRonald Reagan and the Conservative AscendancyAppealing to the New Right and BeyondUnleashing Free EnterpriseWinners and Losers in a Flourishing EconomyContinuing Struggles over RightsBattles in the Courts and CongressFeminism on the DefensiveMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the ERA Fail?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Gay and Lesbian Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRonald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"Militarization and Interventions AbroadThe Iran-Contra ScandalA Thaw in Soviet-American RelationsConclusion: Reversing the Course of GovernmentLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 30 Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973Quiz for Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-2:Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973Quiz for Document 30-2: Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000Quiz for Document 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000 LaunchPadDocument 30-4: President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983Quiz for Document 30-4:President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983 LaunchPadDocument 30-5: A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983Quiz for Document 30-5:A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colin Powell adjusts to a post–Cold War worldDomestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H. W. BushGridlock in GovernmentEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadGoing to War in Central America and the Persian GulfThe 1992 ElectionThe Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle GroundClinton’s ReformsAccommodating the RightImpeaching the PresidentThe Booming Economy of the 1990sThe United States in a Globalizing WorldDefining America’s Place in a New World OrderDebates over GlobalizationThe Internationalization of the United StatesMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs and Why Did it Matter?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPresident George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives AbroadThe Disputed Election of 2000The Domestic Policies of a "Compassionate Conservative"The Globalization of TerrorismUnilateralism, Preemption, and the Iraq WarAfghanistanIraqThe Obama Presidency: Reform and BacklashGoverning during Economic Crisis and Political PolarizationANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Redefining the War on TerrorConclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and AbroadLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 31 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 31Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002Quiz for Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002 LaunchPadDocument 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007Quiz for Document 31-2:A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007 LaunchPadDocument 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004Quiz for Document 31-3:A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004 LaunchPadDocument 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008Quiz for Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008 LaunchPadDocument 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010Quiz for Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONSAPPENDICESI. DocumentsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Constitution of the United StatesAmendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments)II. Government and DemographicsPresidential ElectionsSupreme Court JusticesAdmission of States to the UnionPopulation Growth, 1630–2010Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010Selected BibliographyGlossaryAcknowledgementsIndexAtlas of the Territorial Growth of the United StatesAbout the Authors

James L. Roark

James L. Roark (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of American History at Emory University. In 1993, he received the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2001–2002 he was Pitt Professor of American Institutions at Cambridge University. He has written Masters without Slaves: Southern Planters in the Civil War and Reconstruction and coauthored Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South with Michael P. Johnson.

Patricia Cline Cohen

Patricia Cline Cohen (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005–2006. She has written A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America and The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York, and she has coauthored The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York.

Sarah Stage

Sarah Stage (Ph.D., Yale University) has taught U.S. history at Williams College and the University of California, Riverside, and she was visiting professor at Beijing University and Szechuan University. Currently she is professor of Women’s Studies at Arizona State University. Her books include Female Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women’s Medicine and Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession.

Susan M. Hartmann

Susan M. Hartmann (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. In 1995 she won the university's Exemplary Faculty Award in the College of Humanities. Her publications include Truman and the 80th Congress; The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s; From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960; and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment.

Martin P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson (Ph.D., Stanford University) is professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. His publications include Toward a Patriarchal Republic: The Secession of Georgia; Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War: Selected Speeches and Writings; and Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents, the documents reader for The American Promise. He has also coedited No Chariot Let Down: Charleston’s Free People of Color on the Eve of the Civil War with James L. Roark.

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NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, and all of the documents from the companion reader Reading the American Past – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps, Figures, and TablesSpecial Features1. Ancient America, Before 1492Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: An archaeological dig helps uncover ancient North American traditionsArchaeology and HistoryThe First AmericansAfrican and Asian OriginsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Were the First Americans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPaleo-Indian HuntersArchaic Hunters and Gatherers Great Plains Bison Hunters Great Basin CulturesPacific Coast CulturesEastern Woodland CulturesAgricultural Settlements and ChiefdomsSouthwestern CulturesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Corn: An Ancient American Legacy"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWoodland Burial Mounds and ChiefdomsNative Americans in the 1490sEastern and Great Plains PeoplesSouthwestern and Western PeoplesCultural SimilaritiesThe Mexica: A Mesoamerican CultureConclusion: The World of Ancient AmericansLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 1Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious PracticesQuiz for Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices LaunchPadDocument 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893Quiz for Document 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning"Quiz for Document 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning" LaunchPadDocument 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C.Quiz for Document 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C. LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS2. Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492–1600Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Queen Isabella of Spain supports Christopher Columbus’s risky plan to sail west across the AtlanticEurope in the Age of ExplorationMediterranean Trade and European ExpansionA Century of Portuguese ExplorationA Surprising New World in the Western AtlanticThe Explorations of ColumbusThe Geographic Revolution and the Columbian ExchangeSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Conquest of MexicoMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Cortés Win?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Search for Other MexicosSpanish Outposts in Florida and New MexicoNew Spain in the Sixteenth CenturyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Justifying Conquest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Spreading Christianity in New Spain"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Toll of Spanish Conquest and ColonizationThe New World and Sixteenth-Century EuropeThe Protestant Reformation and the Spanish ResponseEurope and The Spanish ExampleConclusion: The promise of the new world for EuropeansLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 2Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526Quiz for Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526 LaunchPadDocument 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493Quiz for Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 LaunchPadDocument 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632Quiz for Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632 LaunchPadDocument 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine CodexQuiz for Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex LaunchPadDocument 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542Quiz for Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS3. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Pocahontas "rescues" John SmithAn English Colony on Chesapeake BayThe Fragile Jamestown SettlementCooperation and Conflict between Natives and NewcomersFrom Private Company to Royal GovernmentA Tobacco SocietyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "American Tobacco and European Consumers"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad Tobacco AgricultureA Servant Labor SystemThe Rigors of ServitudeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Enslavement by Marriage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadCultivating Land and FaithHierarchy and Inequality in the ChesapeakeSocial and Economic PolarizationGovernment Policies and Political ConflictBacon’s RebellionMAKING AN HISTORICAL ARGUMENT: "Why Did English Colonists Consider Themselves Superior to Indians and Africans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadToward a Slave Labor SystemReligion and Revolt in the Spanish BorderlandThe West Indies: Sugar and SlaveryCarolina: A West Indian FrontierSlave Labor Emerges in the ChesapeakeConclusion: The Growth of English Colonies Based on Export Crops and Slave LaborLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 3Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623Quiz for Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 LaunchPadDocument 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622Quiz for Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622 LaunchPadDocument 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681Quiz for Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681 LaunchPadDocument 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676Quiz for Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676 LaunchPadDocument 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681Quiz for Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS4. THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Roger Williams is banished from Puritan MassachusettsPuritans and the Settlement of New EnglandPuritan Origins: The English ReformationThe Pilgrims and Plymouth ColonyThe Founding of Massachusetts Bay ColonyMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How did Seventeenth-Century Colonists View Nature" LaunchPadThe Evolution of New England SocietyChurch, Covenant, and ConformityGovernment by Puritans for PuritanismThe Splintering of PuritanismReligious Controversies and Economic ChangesANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Founding of the Middle ColoniesFrom New Netherland to New YorkNew Jersey and PennsylvaniaToleration and Diversity in PennsylvaniaThe Colonies and the English EmpireRoyal Regulation of Colonial TradeKing Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal AuthorityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "New France and the Indians: The English Colonies’ Northern Borderlands"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: An English Model of Colonization in North AmericaLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 4Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630Quiz for Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630 LaunchPadDocument 4-2: Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Quiz for Document 4-2:Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675Quiz for Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675 LaunchPadDocument 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682Quiz for Document 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682 LaunchPadDocument 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692Quiz for Document 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS5. COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1701–1770 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Robin Johns experience horrific turns of fortune in the Atlantic slave tradeA Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North AmericaNew England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee TradersNatural Increase and Land DistributionFarms, Fish, and Atlantic TradeEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Sailor’s Life in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and WorkGerman and Scots-Irish Immigrants"God Gives All Things to Industry": Urban and Rural LaborMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Few Colonists Oppose the African Slave Trade?" LaunchPadQuiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Colonies: Land of SlaveryThe Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of SlaverySlave Labor and African American CultureTobacco, Rice, and ProsperityUnifying ExperiencesCommerce and ConsumptionReligion, Enlightenment, and RevivalTrade and Conflict in the North American BorderlandsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Spanish Priests Report on California Missions"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadColonial Politics in the British EmpireConclusion: The Dual Identity of British North American ColonistsLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 5Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807)Quiz for Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807) LaunchPadDocument 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757Quiz for Document 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 LaunchPadDocument 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768Quiz for Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768 LaunchPadDocument 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745Quiz for Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 LaunchPadDocument 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777Quiz for Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS6. The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Loyalist governor Thomas Hutchinson stands his ground in radical MassachusettsThe Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763French-British Rivalry in the Ohio CountryThe Albany CongressMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the Mohawk Chief Hendrick fight with the British against the French in 1755?" Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad The War and Its ConsequencesPontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765Grenville’s Sugar ActThe Stamp ActResistance Strategies and Crowd PoliticsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Pursuing Liberty, Protesting Tyranny"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadLiberty and PropertyThe Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770The Townshend DutiesNonconsumption and the Daughters of LibertyMilitary Occupation and "Massacre" in BostonThe Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774The Calm before the StormTea in Boston HarborThe Coercive ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Reactions to the Boston Port Act outside of Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBeyond Boston: Rural New EnglandThe First Continental CongressDomestic Insurrections, 1774–1775Lexington and ConcordRebelling against SlaveryConclusion: The Long Road to RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 6Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824Quiz for Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824 LaunchPadDocument 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772Quiz for Document 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772 LaunchPadDocument 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834Quiz for Document 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834 LaunchPadDocument 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775Quiz for Document 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775 LaunchPadDocument 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775Quiz for Document 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS7. THE WAR FOR AMERICA, 1775–1783Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Deborah Sampson masquerades as a man to join the Continental armyThe Second Continental CongressAssuming Political and Military AuthorityPursuing Both War and PeaceThomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for IndependenceThe Declaration of IndependenceMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did ‘New Media’ Push Forward the Declaration of Independence?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe First Year of War, 1775–1776The American Military ForcesThe British StrategyQuebec, New York, and New JerseyThe Home FrontPatriotism at the Local LevelThe LoyalistsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Families Divide over the Revolution"Who Is a Traitor?Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPrisoners of WarFinancial Instability and CorruptionThe Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and WestBurgoyne’s Army and the Battle of SaratogaThe War in the West: Indian CountryThe French AllianceThe Southern Strategy and the End of the WarGeorgia and South CarolinaTreason and Guerrilla WarfareA Shaming Ritual Targeting the Great TraitorSurrender at YorktownThe Losers and the WinnersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "European Nations and the Peace of Paris, 1783"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Why the British LostLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 7Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776Quiz for Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776Quiz for Document 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782Quiz for Document 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782 LaunchPadDocument 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army:Memoir, 1798Quiz for Document 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army:Memoir, 1798 LaunchPadDocument 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783Quiz for Document 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS8. BUILDING A REPUBLIC, 1775–1789Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James Madison comes of age in the midst of revolutionThe Articles of ConfederationConfederation and TaxationThe Problem of Western LandsRunning the New GovernmentThe Sovereign StatesThe State ConstitutionsWho Are "the People"?Equality and SlaveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Slave Sues for Her Freedom" Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Confederation’s ProblemsThe War Debt and the Newburgh ConspiracyThe Treaty of Fort StanwixLand Ordinances and the Northwest TerritoryANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Northwest Ordinance and Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Requisition of 1785 and Shays’s Rebellion, 1786–1787The United States ConstitutionFrom Annapolis to PhiladelphiaThe Virginia and New Jersey PlansDemocracy versus RepublicanismRatification of the ConstitutionThe FederalistsThe AntifederalistsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was the New United States a Christian Country?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big Holdouts: Virginia and New YorkConclusion: The "Republican Remedy’LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 8Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833Quiz for Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833 LaunchPad Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782Quiz for Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782 LaunchPadDocument 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786Quiz for Document 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786 LaunchPadDocument 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787Quiz for Document 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787 LaunchPadDocument 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788Quiz for Document 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS9. THE NEW NATION TAKES FORM, 1789–1800Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Brilliant and brash, Alexander Hamilton becomes a polarizing figure in the 1790sThe Search for StabilityWashington Inaugurates the GovernmentThe Bill of RightsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did America’s First Congress Address the Question of Slavery?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Republican Wife and MotherHamilton’s Economic PoliciesAgriculture, Transportation, and BankingThe Public Debt and TaxesThe First Bank of the United States and the Report on ManufacturesThe Whiskey RebellionConflicts on America’s Borders and BeyondCreeks in the SouthwestOhio Indians in the NorthwestFrance and BritainBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "France, Britain, and Woman’s Rights in the 1790s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Haitian RevolutionFederalists and RepublicansThe Election of 1796The XYZ AffairThe Alien and Sedition ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Crisis of 1798: Sedition"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadConclusion: Parties NonethelessLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 9Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791Quiz for Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 Quiz for Document 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 LaunchPadDocument 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790Quiz for Document 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790 LaunchPadDocument 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 Quiz for Document 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796Quiz for Document 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS10. Republicans in Power, 1800–1824Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Shawnee chief Tecumseh attempts to forge a pan-Indian confederacyJefferson’s PresidencyTurbulent Times: Election and RebellionMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Could a Vice President Get Away with Murder?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Jeffersonian Vision of Republican SimplicityDangers Overseas: The Barbary WarsOpportunities and Challenges in the WestThe Louisiana PurchaseThe Lewis and Clark ExpeditionOsage and Comanche IndiansJefferson, the Madisons, and the War of 1812Impressment and EmbargoDolley Madison and Social PoliticsTecumseh and TippecanoeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Nation’s First Formal Declaration of War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWashington City Burns: The British OffensiveWomen’s Status in the Early RepublicWomen and the LawWomen and Church GovernanceFemale EducationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "One Woman’s Quest to Provide Higher Education for Women"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadMonroe and AdamsFrom Property to DemocracyThe Missouri CompromiseThe Monroe DoctrineThe Election of 1824The Adams AdministrationConclusion: Republican Simplicity Becomes ComplexLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 10Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806Quiz for Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806 LaunchPadDocument 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805Quiz for Document 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805 LaunchPadDocument 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808Quiz for Document 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808 LaunchPadDocument 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813Quiz for Document 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813 LaunchPadDocument 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818Quiz for Document 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS11. The Expanding Republic, 1815–1840Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Grimké sisters speak out against slaveryThe Market RevolutionImprovements in TransportationFactories, Workingwomen, and Wage LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBankers and LawyersBooms and BustsThe Spread of DemocracyPopular Politics and Partisan IdentityThe Election of 1828 and the Character IssueJackson’s Democratic AgendaJackson Defines the Democratic PartyIndian Policy and the Trail of TearsThe Tariff of Abominations and NullificationThe Bank War and Economic BoomCultural Shifts, Religion, and ReformThe Family and Separate SpheresThe Education and Training of YouthsThe Second Great AwakeningThe Temperance Movement and the Campaign for Moral ReformMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Scorned Temperance and Moral Reform?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadOrganizing against SlaveryVan Buren’s One-Term PresidencyThe Politics of SlaveryElections and PanicsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Going Ahead or Gone to Smash: An Entrepreneur Struggles in the 1830s"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadConclusion: The Age of Jackson or the Era of Reform?LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 11Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837Quiz for Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837Quiz for Document 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835Quiz for Document 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 LaunchPadDocument 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829Quiz for Document 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829 LaunchPadDocument 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838Quiz for Document 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS12. The New West and the Free North, 1840–1860Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: With the support of his wife, Abraham Lincoln struggles to survive in antebellum AmericaEconomic and Industrial EvolutionAgriculture and Land PolicyManufacturing and MechanizationRailroads: Breaking the Bonds of NatureFree Labor: Promise and RealityThe Free-Labor IdealEconomic InequalityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Global Prosperity in the 1850s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadImmigrants and the Free-Labor LadderThe Westward MovementManifest DestinyOregon and the Overland TrailThe Mormon ExodusThe Mexican BorderlandsExpansion and the Mexican-American WarThe Politics of ExpansionThe Mexican-American War, 1846–1848Victory in MexicoGolden CaliforniaANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Gold Rush"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why was the Gold Rush So Deadly for California’s Indians?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadReforming Self and SocietyThe Pursuit of Perfection: Transcendentalists and UtopiansWoman’s Rights ActivistsAbolitionists and the American IdealConclusion: Free Labor, Free MenLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 12Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859Quiz for Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 LaunchPadDocument 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845Quiz for Document 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845 LaunchPadDocument 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850Quiz for Document 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850 LaunchPadDocument 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848Quiz for Document 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 LaunchPadDocument 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846Quiz for Document 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS13. The Slave South, 1820–1860 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Slave Nat Turner leads a revolt to end slaveryThe Growing Distinctiveness of the SouthCotton Kingdom, Slave EmpireThe South in Black and WhiteANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Defending Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Plantation EconomyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Cotton’s Global Empire"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadMasters and Mistresses in the Big HousePaternalism and Male HonorMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Often Were Slaves Whipped?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Lady and Feminine VirtuesSlaves in the QuarterWorkFamily and ReligionResistance and RebellionThe Plain FolkPlantation-Belt YeomenUpcountry YeomenPoor WhitesThe Culture of the Plain FolkBlack and Free: On the Middle GroundPrecarious FreedomAchievement Despite Restrictions The Politics of SlaveryThe Democratization of the Political ArenaPlanter PowerConclusion: A Slave SocietyLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 13Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873Quiz for Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838Quiz for Document 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838 LaunchPadDocument 13-3: Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839Quiz for Document 13-3:Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 LaunchPadDocument 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831Quiz for Document 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 LaunchPadDocument 13-5: The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845Quiz for Document 13-5:The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS14. THE HOUSE DIVIDED, 1846–1861Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Abolitionist John Brown takes his war against slavery to Harpers Ferry, VirginiaThe Bitter Fruits of WarThe Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of SlaveryThe Election of 1848Debate and CompromiseThe Sectional Balance UndoneThe Fugitive Slave ActUncle Tom’s CabinThe Kansas-Nebraska ActMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Filibusters: Were They the Underside of Manifest Destiny?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRealignment of the Party SystemThe Old Parties: Whigs and DemocratsThe New Parties: Know-Nothings and RepublicansEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "’A Purse of Her Own’: Petitioning for the Right to Own Property"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Election of 1856ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Women’s Politics"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadFreedom under Siege"Bleeding Kansas"The Dred Scott DecisionPrairie Republican: Abraham LincolnThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Union CollapsesThe Aftermath of John Brown’s RaidRepublican Victory in 1860Secession WinterConclusion: Slavery, Free Labor, and the Failure of Political CompromiseLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 14Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854Quiz for Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 LaunchPadDocument 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860Quiz for Document 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860Quiz for Document 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880Quiz for Document 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880 LaunchPadDocument 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859Quiz for Document 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS15. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR, 1861–1865Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Runaway slave William Gould enlists in the U.S. Navy"And the War Came"Attack on Fort SumterThe Upper South Chooses SidesThe CombatantsHow They Expected to WinLincoln and Davis MobilizeBattling It Out, 1861–1862Stalemate in the Eastern TheaterUnion Victories in the Western TheaterThe Atlantic TheaterInternational DiplomacyUnion and FreedomFrom Slaves to ContrabandFrom Contraband to Free PeopleThe War of Black LiberationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Right to Fight: Black Soldiers in the Civil War"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe South at WarRevolution from AboveHardship BelowANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Home and Country"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Disintegration of SlaveryThe North at WarThe Government and the EconomyWomen and Work at Home and at WarPolitics and DissentGrinding Out Victory, 1863–1865Vicksburg and GettysburgGrant Takes CommandMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did So Many Soldiers Die?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Election of 1864The Confederacy CollapsesConclusion: The Second American RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 15Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863Quiz for Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 Quiz for Document 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863Quiz for Document 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 Quiz for Document 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 LaunchPad Document 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War:Correspondence, 1864 Quiz for 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War:Correspondence, 1864 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS16. Reconstruction, 1863–1877Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James T. Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama’s most prominent black leaderWartime Reconstruction"To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds"Land and LaborThe African American Quest for AutonomyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Meaning of Freedom"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPresidential ReconstructionJohnson’s Program of ReconciliationWhite Southern Resistance and Black CodesExpansion of Federal Authority and Black RightsCongressional ReconstructionThe Fourteenth Amendment and Escalating ViolenceRadical Reconstruction and Military RuleImpeaching a PresidentThe Fifteenth Amendment and Women’s DemandsThe Struggle in the SouthFreedmen, Yankees, and YeomenMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did the Ku Klux Klan Really Want?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRepublican RuleWhite Landlords, Black SharecroppersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The Slaveholder Exodus"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadReconstruction CollapsesGrant’s Troubled PresidencyNorthern Resolve WithersWhite Supremacy TriumphsAn Election and a CompromiseConclusion: "A Revolution But Half Accomplished"LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 16Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865Quiz for Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865Quiz for Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870Quiz for Document 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867Quiz for Document 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867 LaunchPadDocument 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871Quiz for Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS17. The Contested West, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frederick Jackson Turner delivers his "frontier thesis"Conquest and Empire in the WestBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Treatment of the Sioux and the Zulu"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadIndian Removal and the Reservation SystemThe Decimation of the Great Bison HerdsIndian Wars and the Collapse of ComancheríaThe Fight for the Black HillsForced Assimilation and Indian ResistanceIndian Schools and the War on Indian CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Custer’s Last Stand"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Dawes Act and Indian Land AllotmentIndian Resistance and SurvivalMining the WestLife on the Comstock LodeThe Diverse Peoples of the WestLand FeverMoving West: Homesteaders and SpeculatorsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Westerners Really Build It All by Themselves?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadTenants, Sharecroppers, and MigrantsCommercial Farming and Industrial CowboyTerritorial GovernmentConclusion: The West in the Gilded AgeLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 17Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870Quiz for Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870 LaunchPadDocument 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873Quiz for Document 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875Quiz for Document 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875 LaunchPadDocument 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879Quiz for Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879 LaunchPadDocument 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892Quiz for Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS18. Railroads, Business, and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Mark Twain and the Gilded AgeRailroads and the Rise of New Industries Railroads: America’s First Big BusinessEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Charles Crocker, the Big Four, and the Race for Riches"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadAndrew Carnegie, Steel, and Vertical IntegrationJohn D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, and the TrustNew Inventions: The Telephone and the TelegraphFrom Competition to ConsolidationJ. P. Morgan and Finance CapitalismMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Social Darwinism: Did Wealthy Industrialists Practice What They Preached?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadSocial Darwinism, Laissez-Faire, and the Supreme CourtPolitics and CulturePolitical Participation and Party LoyaltySectionalism and the New SouthGender, Race, and PoliticsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ida B. Wells and Her Campaign to Stop Lynching"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismPresidential PoliticsCorruption and Party StrifeGarfield’s Assassination and Civil Service ReformReform and Scandal: The Campaign of 1884Economic Issues and Party RealignmentThe Tariff and the Politics of ProtectionRailroads, Trusts, and the Federal GovernmentThe Fight for Free SilverPanic and DepressionConclusion: Business Dominates an EraLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 18 Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894Quiz for Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883Quiz for Document 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 LaunchPadDocument 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894Quiz for Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 Quiz for Document 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 LaunchPadDocument 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885Quiz for Document 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS19. The City and Its Workers, 1870–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Workers build the Brooklyn BridgeThe Rise of the CityThe Urban Explosion: A Global MigrationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS : "What Happened to Urban Workers’ Standard of Living during the Gilded Age?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRacism and the Cry for Immigration RestrictionThe Social Geography of the CityAt Work in Industrial AmericaAmerica’s Diverse WorkersThe Family Economy: Women and ChildrenWhite-Collar Workers: Managers, "Typewriters," and SalesclerksWorkers OrganizeThe Great Railroad Strike of 1877The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Songs of the Knights of LaborHaymarket and the Specter of Labor Radicalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAt Home and at PlayDomesticity and "Domestics"Cheap AmusementsCity Growth and City GovernmentBuilding Cities of Stone and SteelCity Government and the "Bosses"White City or City of Sin?BEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The World’s Columbian Exposition and Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Who Built the Cities?LearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 19 Document 19-1: A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885Quiz for Document 19-1:A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885 LaunchPadDocument 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880sQuiz for Document 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880s LaunchPadDocument 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890Quiz for Document 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890 LaunchPad Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898Quiz for Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898 LaunchPad Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905Quiz for Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS20. Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frances Willard participates in the creation of the Populist Party in 1892The Farmers Unite The Farmers’ AllianceThe Populist Movement The Labor WarsThe Homestead LockoutThe Cripple Creek Miners’ Strike of 1894Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman StrikeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Press and the Pullman Strike: Framing Class Conflict"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismFrances Willard and the Woman’s Christian Temperance UnionElizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the Movement for Woman SuffrageDepression PoliticsCoxey’s ArmyThe People’s Party and the Election of 1896The United States and the WorldMarkets and MissionariesThe Monroe Doctrine and the Open Door PolicyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Regime Change in Hawai’I"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad"A Splendid Little War"MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Terrorists Sink the Maine?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Debate over American ImperialismConclusion: Rallying around the FlagLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 20Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891Quiz for Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891 LaunchPadDocument 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898Quiz for Document 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898 LaunchPadDocument 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893Quiz for Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894Quiz for Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899Quiz for Document 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS21. Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890–1916Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Jane Addams founds Hull HouseGrassroots ProgressivismCivilizing the CityEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Making the Workplace Safer: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadProgressives and the Working ClassProgressivism: Theory and PracticeReform Darwinism and Social EngineeringProgressive Government: City and StateProgressivism Finds a President: Theodore RooseveltThe Square DealRoosevelt the ReformerANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Flash and the Birth of Photojournalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Roosevelt and ConservationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed or Saved?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big StickThe Troubled Presidency of William Howard TaftWoodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High TideProgressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912Wilson’s Reforms: Tariff, Banking, and the TrustsWilson, Reluctant ProgressiveThe Limits of Progressive ReformRadical AlternativesProgressivism for White Men OnlyConclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal StateLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 21Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892Quiz for Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892 LaunchPadDocument 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900Quiz for Document 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900 LaunchPadDocument 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907Quiz for Document 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907 LaunchPadDocument 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913Quiz for Document 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913 LaunchPadDocument 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 Quiz for Document 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 LaunchPadDocument 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903Quiz for Document 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS22. World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914–1920Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Doughboy George "Brownie" Browne sees combat on the front lines in France Woodrow Wilson and the WorldTaming the AmericasThe European CrisisThe Ordeal of American NeutralityThe United States Enters the War"Over There"The Call to ArmsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did African Americans Want from WWI and What Did They Get?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe War in FranceThe Crusade for Democracy at HomeThe Progressive Stake in the WarWomen, War, and the Battle for SuffrageANALIZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Final Push for Woman Suffrage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRally around the Flag — or ElseA Compromised PeaceWilson’s Fourteen PointsThe Paris Peace ConferenceThe Fight for the TreatyDemocracy at RiskEconomic Hardship and Labor UpheavalThe Red ScareBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Bolshevism"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Great Migrations of African Americans and MexicansPostwar Politics and the Election of 1920Conclusion: Troubled CrusadeLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 22Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917Quiz for Document 22-1:The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917 LaunchPadDocument 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 191Quiz for Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918Quiz for Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920Quiz for Document 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920 LaunchPadDocument 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919Quiz for Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS23. From New Era to Great Depression, 1920–1932Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Henry Ford puts America on wheelsThe New EraA Business GovernmentPromoting Prosperity and Peace AbroadAutomobiles, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line ProgressConsumer CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Advertising in a Consumer Age The Roaring Twenties"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadProhibitionThe New WomanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1920s?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New NegroEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Quest for Home Ownership in Segregated Detroit"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadEntertainment for the MassesThe Lost GenerationResistance to ChangeRejecting the UndesirablesThe Rebirth of the Ku Klux KlanThe Scopes TrialAl Smith and the Election of 1928The Great CrashHerbert Hoover: The Great EngineerThe Distorted EconomyThe Crash of 1929Hoover and the Limits of IndividualismLife in the DepressionThe Human TollDenial and EscapeWorking-Class MilitancyConclusion: Dazzle and DespairLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 23Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921Quiz for Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921 LaunchPadDocument 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928Quiz for Document 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926Quiz for Document 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926 LaunchPadDocument 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928Quiz for Document 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 Quiz for Document 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS24. The New Deal Experiment, 1932–1939Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: "Migrant Mother" Florence Owens struggles to survive in the Great DepressionFranklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in GovernmentThe Making of a PoliticianThe Election of 1932Launching the New DealMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did the New Deal Contribute to National Defense?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New DealersBanking and Finance ReformRelief and Conservation ProgramsAgricultural InitiativesIndustrial RecoveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadChallenges to the New DealResistance to Business ReformCasualties in the CountrysidePolitics on the FringesToward a Welfare StateRelief for the UnemployedANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Americans Encounter the New Deal"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEmpowering LaborSocial Security and Tax ReformNeglected Americans and the New DealThe New Deal from Victory to DeadlockThe Election of 1936Court PackingReaction and RecessionThe Last of the New Deal ReformsConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New DealLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 24Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934Quiz for Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934 LaunchPadDocument 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939Quiz for Document 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939 LaunchPadDocument 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935Quiz for Document 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935 LaunchPadDocument 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941Quiz for Document 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal:Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937Quiz for Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal:Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 25. The United States and the Second World War, 1939–1945Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colonel Paul Tibbets drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, JapanPeacetime DilemmasRoosevelt and Reluctant IsolationThe Good Neighbor PolicyThe Price of NoninvolvementThe Onset of WarNazi Aggression and War in EuropeFrom Neutrality to the Arsenal of DemocracyJapan Attacks AmericaMobilizing for WarHome-Front SecurityANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Japanese Internment"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Building a Citizen ArmyConversion to a War EconomyFighting BackTurning the Tide in the PacificThe Campaign in EuropeThe Wartime Home FrontWomen and Families, Guns and ButterThe Double V CampaignWartime Politics and the 1944 ElectionReaction to the HolocaustBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadToward Unconditional SurrenderFrom Bombing Raids to BerlinMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the Allies Win World War II?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Defeat of JapanAtomic WarfareConclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a SuperpowerLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 25Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941Quiz for Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999Quiz for Document 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999 LaunchPadDocument 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942Quiz for Document 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942 LaunchPadDocument 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945Quiz for Document 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter MemoirsQuiz for Document 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter Memoirs LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 26. Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945–1953Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Helen Gahagan Douglas, congresswoman and loyal Truman ally, supports the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, and the war in KoreaFrom the Grand Alliance to ContainmentThe Cold War BeginsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Emerging Cold War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall PlanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the United States Launch the European Recovery Program?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBuilding a National Security StateSuperpower Rivalry around the GlobeTruman and the Fair Deal at HomeReconverting to a Peacetime EconomyBlacks and Mexican Americans Push for Their Civil RightsThe Fair Deal FloundersThe Domestic Chill: McCarthyismEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Cold War Becomes Hot: KoreaKorea and the Military Implementation of ContainmentFrom Containment to Rollback to ContainmentKorea, Communism, and the 1952 ElectionAn Armistice and the War’s CostsConclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and ConsequencesLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 26Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945Quiz for Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946Quiz for Document 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946 LaunchPadDocument 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950Quiz for Document 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950 LaunchPadDocument 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950Quiz for Document 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950 LaunchPadDocument 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War:Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003Quiz for Document 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War:Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS27. The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952–1960Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Vice President Richard Nixon debates Russian premier Nikita KhrushchevEisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"Modern RepublicanismTermination and Relocation of Native AmericansThe 1956 Election and the Second TermLiberation Rhetoric and the Practice of ContainmentThe "New Look" in Foreign PolicyApplying Containment to VietnamInterventions in Latin America and the Middle EastEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Operation Pedro: Young Political refugees Take Flight"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Nuclear Arms RaceNew Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of AbundanceTechnology Transforms Agriculture and IndustryBurgeoning Suburbs and Declining CitiesThe Rise of the Sun BeltThe Democratization of Higher EducationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Role Did the Government Play in the Prosperity of the Post-World War II years?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Culture of AbundanceConsumption Rules the DayThe Revival of Domesticity and ReligionTelevision Transforms Culture and PoliticsCountercurrentsThe Emergence of a Civil Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Brown Decision"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAfrican Americans Challenge the Supreme Court and the PresidentMontgomery and Mass ProtestConclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet ChallengesLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 27Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949Quiz for Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949 LaunchPadDocument 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959Quiz for Document 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959 LaunchPadDocument 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960Quiz for Document 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960Quiz for Document 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961Quiz for Document 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS28. Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960–1974Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Fannie Lou Hamer leads grassroots struggles of African Americans for voting rights and political empowermentLiberalism at High TideThe Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New FrontierJohnson Fulfills the Kennedy PromisePolicymaking for a Great SocietyAssessing the Great SocietyThe Judicial RevolutionThe Second ReconstructionThe Flowering of the Black Freedom StruggleThe Response in WashingtonMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Difference Did the Voting Rights Act Make?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBlack Power and Urban RebellionsA Multitude of MovementsNative American ProtestLatino Struggles for JusticeStudent Rebellion, the New Left, and the CountercultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Student Protest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadGay Men and Lesbians OrganizeThe New Wave of FeminismA Multifaceted Movement EmergesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Transnational Feminisms"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadFeminist Gains Spark a CountermovementLiberal Reform in the Nixon AdministrationExtending the Welfare State and Regulating the EconomyResponding to Environmental ConcernsExpanding Social JusticeConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of LiberalismLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 28Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962Quiz for Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962 LaunchPadDocument 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963Quiz for Document 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964Quiz for Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964 LaunchPadDocument 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967Quiz for Document 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967 LaunchPadDocument 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966Quiz for Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS29. Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961–1975Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Lieutenant Frederick Downs, Jr., is wounded in Vietnam and returns home to a country divided over the warNew Frontiers in Foreign PolicyMeeting the "Hour of Maximum Danger"New Approaches to the Third WorldThe Arms Race and the Nuclear BrinkA Growing War in VietnamLyndon Johnson’s War against CommunismAn All-Out Commitment in VietnamPreventing Another Castro in Latin AmericaThe Americanized WarMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Couldn’t American Bombing Achieve Victory in Vietnam?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThose Who ServedA Nation PolarizedThe Widening War at HomeThe Tet Offensive and Johnson’s Move toward PeaceBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "1968: A Year of Protest"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Tumultuous Election of 1968Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in VietnamMoving toward Détente with the Soviet Union and ChinaShoring Up U.S. Interests around the WorldVietnam Becomes Nixon’s WarANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ending the War in Vietnam"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Peace AccordsThe Legacy of DefeatConclusion: An Unwinnable WarLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 29Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963Quiz for Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966Quiz for Document 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966 LaunchPadDocument 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971Quiz for Document 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971 LaunchPadDocument 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces RangerQuiz for Document 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces Ranger LaunchPadDocument 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971Quiz for Document 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS30. America Moves to the Right, 1969–1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Phyllis Schlafly promotes conservatismNixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional CrisisEmergence of a Grassroots MovementEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children’s Education"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadNixon Courts the RightThe Election of 1972WatergateThe Ford Presidency and the 1976 ElectionThe "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy CarterRetreat from LiberalismEnergy and Environmental ReformPromoting Human Rights AbroadThe Cold War IntensifiesRonald Reagan and the Conservative AscendancyAppealing to the New Right and BeyondUnleashing Free EnterpriseWinners and Losers in a Flourishing EconomyContinuing Struggles over RightsBattles in the Courts and CongressFeminism on the DefensiveMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the ERA Fail?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Gay and Lesbian Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRonald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"Militarization and Interventions AbroadThe Iran-Contra ScandalA Thaw in Soviet-American RelationsConclusion: Reversing the Course of GovernmentLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 30 Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973Quiz for Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-2:Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973Quiz for Document 30-2: Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000Quiz for Document 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000 LaunchPadDocument 30-4: President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983Quiz for Document 30-4:President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983 LaunchPadDocument 30-5: A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983Quiz for Document 30-5:A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colin Powell adjusts to a post–Cold War worldDomestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H. W. BushGridlock in GovernmentEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadGoing to War in Central America and the Persian GulfThe 1992 ElectionThe Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle GroundClinton’s ReformsAccommodating the RightImpeaching the PresidentThe Booming Economy of the 1990sThe United States in a Globalizing WorldDefining America’s Place in a New World OrderDebates over GlobalizationThe Internationalization of the United StatesMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs and Why Did it Matter?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPresident George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives AbroadThe Disputed Election of 2000The Domestic Policies of a "Compassionate Conservative"The Globalization of TerrorismUnilateralism, Preemption, and the Iraq WarAfghanistanIraqThe Obama Presidency: Reform and BacklashGoverning during Economic Crisis and Political PolarizationANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Redefining the War on TerrorConclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and AbroadLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 31 Summative Quiz LaunchPadDocuments from Reading the American Past, Chapter 31Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002Quiz for Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002 LaunchPadDocument 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007Quiz for Document 31-2:A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007 LaunchPadDocument 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004Quiz for Document 31-3:A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004 LaunchPadDocument 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008Quiz for Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008 LaunchPadDocument 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010Quiz for Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONSAPPENDICESI. DocumentsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Constitution of the United StatesAmendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments)II. Government and DemographicsPresidential ElectionsSupreme Court JusticesAdmission of States to the UnionPopulation Growth, 1630–2010Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010Selected BibliographyGlossaryAcknowledgementsIndexAtlas of the Territorial Growth of the United StatesAbout the Authors

James L. Roark

James L. Roark (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of American History at Emory University. In 1993, he received the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2001–2002 he was Pitt Professor of American Institutions at Cambridge University. He has written Masters without Slaves: Southern Planters in the Civil War and Reconstruction and coauthored Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South with Michael P. Johnson.

Patricia Cline Cohen

Patricia Cline Cohen (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005–2006. She has written A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America and The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York, and she has coauthored The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York.

Sarah Stage

Sarah Stage (Ph.D., Yale University) has taught U.S. history at Williams College and the University of California, Riverside, and she was visiting professor at Beijing University and Szechuan University. Currently she is professor of Women’s Studies at Arizona State University. Her books include Female Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women’s Medicine and Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession.

Susan M. Hartmann

Susan M. Hartmann (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. In 1995 she won the university's Exemplary Faculty Award in the College of Humanities. Her publications include Truman and the 80th Congress; The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s; From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960; and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment.

Martin P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson (Ph.D., Stanford University) is professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. His publications include Toward a Patriarchal Republic: The Secession of Georgia; Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War: Selected Speeches and Writings; and Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents, the documents reader for The American Promise. He has also coedited No Chariot Let Down: Charleston’s Free People of Color on the Eve of the Civil War with James L. Roark.